to teach creation why you should care about humans in the world this is why you should care only on the orgy dot com. at ten pm moscow time fears of all the top crissy in the cradle of democracy greek police arrest another journalist before it can reveal claims of fraud surrounding the country we bring you up to date. you cash demands backfire on the british prime minister rebels who david cameron's own party deal in his worst blow since he took power by voting for cuts to the country's payments to brussels. and washington calls for a total revamp of the syrian opposition is main body as the main western backers appear to have lost faith. hello this is our kevin o.

and it's very good to have your company our top story this hour the greek authorities look to be tightening their hold on the media tonight as another journalist has been taken into custody in an alleged attempt to silence him sputter scraps of promise to reveal potentially damaging information on the greek bailout on t.v. but he was arrested before he could do so because the first claims that he got proof that facts about the greek deficit that forced athens to see kate in the first place were fraudulent he says he received the data from hackers group anonymous who broke into government computers now the same time another greek journalist costas vaxevanis is on trial for breach of privacy for publishing the names of two thousand greeks with swiss bank accounts i spoke to him gob syl from free press magazine he told me the greek government is cracking down on the media to try to limit the flow of information to the people. journalists in greece are absolutely doing their job the country is in crisis but people need to know what's going on and their rulers aren't telling them what do you make of what's happened

there do you believe that this has been too quick too heavy handed response by the greek authorities and when of course one of these journalists even get to reveal the information he claims to have had i guess it does prove that the government maybe is concerned idea well i would say so yes i mean they tried to close it down on day because what these are journalists are doing is trying to reveal to the public the very most important information relating to the economic crisis i mean cost us votes of viruses exposure relate to the real crisis in greece and in other countries to which he talks avoidance of the export of capital the taking of money out of the country which is what happened to the greek economy and he actually went to bastions of free speech are you surprised by all this. well i'm not surprised in the sense that the government is in absolute crisis in greece the economy is tottering the most terrible social deprivation it's a terrible time for greek people and they're being very badly treated not just by

a degree by the whole european financial mismanagement they need to know the truth the euro's only showing very little mercy to the greek people or the people suffering here it's not going to look. to greece is not going to the pockets of the people in order to the income or the livelihood of the people it's going to. rather rashly greece body in the past all these of and serve drawn attention to the situation of the the bigger pictures we're talking about the media freedom in greece of the authorities after the sagat and the secrets being counterproductive and you think i'm pretty certain that they will in the long run i don't see how they can get away with prosecuting these people it's actually going to be a very interesting test of freedom in greece not just the press but the courts i would expect that these journalists under the greek version of the human rights legislation that we have in this country that we have throughout europe under the european convention and so on will ensure that the court don't complete them. to speak to me there just days before the u.s. presidential election green party candidate jill stein has been arrested for second

time in two weeks she was trying to bring food and supplies to activists protesting against an extension to an all pipeline in texas style was later released after being charged with trespassing green party spokesman scott mclarty told me the instant shows alternatives to obama and romney are being sidelined. she was delivering supplies to the protesters i understand that they were camping out in trees they were in the they were in the way of the construction of the pipeline well dr stein was assisting the activists in order to make a statement that the keystone x.l. pipeline represented an expansion of fossil fuel consumption at a time where we as saying either the effects of climate change itself or we're witnessing what climate change will look like mr obama and mr romney declined to talk at all about climate change during the three debates we find it reckless and irresponsible that the democratic and republican candidates for president never

once mentioned a climate change at all during these debates the obama romney debates are sponsored by the commission on presidential debates which is itself owned by the democratic and republican parties for the express purpose of privileging their own candidates excluding the other candidates and we call that an outrage we do know this the last time dr stunned was arrested about two weeks ago and she attempted to answer the obama romney debate that was taking place at hofstra university on long island which she and running mate cheri hogzilla were detained and handcuffed to a chair for for eight hours before being released. the kind of this you'll start to get a job again try to break the mainstream media blockade the net right on the eve of the vote even and we will be broadcasting the final round of the debates live here monday. under national rights

and international law we should not bomb iran we need to cut the budget and bring the troops home we should end the war in afghanistan tom. persecution of whistleblowers. were killed the patriot. well with a bomb and romney still running neck and neck critics say the close race will make it easier to rig the election some even claim the core of america's voting system is flawed as it relies on equipment that can apparently easily be tampered with these are necessary churkin it runs with a story. the us a beacon of democracy and an example to be followed by the rest of the world one big source of pride is its fundamental concept of free and fair elections american elections are a disgrace it's like walking into the kitchen of

a first class restaurant and losing an appetite at what you see because we have an election system a voting system that is completely nontransparent an opinion shared by many political experts and educators if you were here. and in a magician suit you then went behind a curtain came out having first shredded the ballots to tell you who won would you trust that process and that process largely to blame is the outdated elec trying to voting system in the states where all they have this electronic voting it could be a real problem. if you don't have some other type of backup source to verify the vote count. it could be a problem brad friedman is an independent award winning blogger who has covered the us election system for years he calls the problem a pandemic and says change is long overdue every single state in the union uses electronic voting

a third of the voters this year will vote on one hundred percent on verifiable touch screen voting systems electronic voting systems. the rest of the country by and large will vote on paper ballots but those paper ballots are also counted by electronic systems unless you can see inside a computer there is no way to know if those computers tallied those ballots correctly several experiments conducted on i would trying to voting machines have proven that simple keystrokes and some knowledge of science and computers could. results the circuitry inside the machine clears being created in numbers insert the correct numbers experts see the accuracy of the vote count even with people a trail is a myth in the ninety nine percent plus percent of the cases those ballots never see the light of day or never examined never reach out to basically american elections at this point have virtually zero claim on public confidence and which intimacy the rules and specific ations of how lections are held very locally and state by state

four thousand different counties each of them use a different type of system a different type of voting system each of them have different laws different vulnerabilities one particular company that makes electronic voting machines in the us has earned a dubious reputation for unverifiable results as records vanish into thin air i go to an a.t.m. and it's a double machine i get a confirmation slip and i go around the corner to vote and i you know make my vote and there's no record other voter machine production companies are also known to have strong partisan affiliations they are not accountable to any voters. they are not just private but private and extreme in their political sympathies democrats don't actually win that many elections to be precise democrats almost never win close elections and the trick therefore is to see to it that a race is or looks close improving the election process in this digital age doesn't

appear to be on anyone's agenda including barack obama's our president who won't talk ever about election fraud and denies that it has ever happened in even when you know members of his own party have been the victims of it and while the number of reported flaws grows with each passing election over the past decade since two thousand when i think congress was pretending to want to make things better what has happened is things have gotten much much worse it appears stealing an election in the us maybe a candidate certain way. secure and when it's easy as one two three in this digital age of smartphones tablets and satellite navigation systems american voters will head to the polls this november to cast their ballots using antiquated and unreliable voting machines machines that will ultimately determine who will lead this nation in much need of its own repairs and censure can our. new york. over the coming election with joseph show a national secretary of the socialist equality party's on the line from detroit

good evening now the names of the candidates for your party are only appearing on the ballot in three of the fifty us states i gather as an american citizen how do you feel about the fact that you stand no chance of making any impact well we enter the election with the understanding that the whole process is fundamentally antidemocratic it's controlled by billions of dollars now and corporate money that may be controlled by corporations and i mean we don't have a genuinely democratic system even though you know getting on the ballot is incredibly difficult requiring millions of dollars to get your card signatures in every state. so why enter at all why why go into told even these three states you do feel you can make some difference i guess where we see the elections as an opportunity provided for a program and we're not you know simply to getting votes but to fighting perspective and i mean we anticipate that you know this system is extremely sort of constraining but that in itself i think is an indication of the tensions that are

building up in the country i mean it's not going to remain can confined within this framework for very much longer there's going to be something with the ropes outside of it and so what we're going to talk about the practical side the actual need to gritty these electronic voting machines the voting system those such a fuss made a couple years ago about the old manual system out about this electronic system you think it would be the way forward but apparently it's easy to tamper with as we heard in that report if it's true. well more people shouting. about it why would the been replaced was one of these things and not discussed in the media and most people don't really know about it but you know i think there's sort of a broader issue involved i mean we wrote in two thousand at the time of the theft of the elections in two thousand that this would be an indication of the extent to which there was any commitment to democracy in the ruling class the outcome of the of the election and we found out the outcome you know that the election was stolen it was handed to bush by the supreme court and that was an indication of how deep

going the erosion of democracy was in this country and that has that has deep social roots i mean the basic question for us is not you know the different technical elements of the anti democratic character of the political system but what that says about american society which is characterized by such enormous levels of inequality the domination of corporations of the banks over every aspect of political and economic life and that really the issue what about of course if you live in texas or ohio officials there hold that international observers could be arrested if they come to polling stations on election day at the same time of course is the state department saying the country. as well this apparent contradiction of the record well you know i mean it's something of a farce and even even within this framework or a choices that are available even. within this anti democratic primary are basically agree on everything so even if of course if you had a democratic process between these two candidates that the american people don't

have relating to choose from in the end or the attack on democratic rights the subject of a lot of the banks the attack on the social programs all of this is really greed too by both romney and obama and it is accepted as the framework by the media if you're a betting man which i'm sure you're not do you think the u.s. is going to change anytime soon briefly was going to require a social revolution and a social struggle it's not going to happen through these two parties and through those existing political systems got to come from outside of the we're beginning to see that happen in the. internationally you know obviously the conditions here are not unique to the united states every country faces the same situation. with us we believe there are times going to break. thanks ever so much go josue kesho of the socialist equality party aligned with thank you thank you. very soon than a clash over the e.u. cash is still the severe blow to the british prime minister reforming about something day cameron's own party rebelled against him voting to cut the u.k.'s

payments to the european union that. washington turns its back on the leadership of the syrian opposition but the speed with that one too of course we look at why the us has ditched the group and called for major opposition overhaul plans now to bring rebel fighters on board. what's the difference between a samurai sword and a blind guys walking stick well known if you're one of the cops in northern england an elderly blind architect with taser in the back because his cane looks like a sword that was used in a nearby crime honest mistake because sorts are often tubular and use this walking sticks more and more we hear stories like this like the handcuffed youth who is shot in the back to death or the unarmed guy in

a wheelchair who got blown away by the boys in blue i understand that being in the police is rough everyone lies to you and any given day you could be shot dead so i get it when after a long police chase someone just snaps and in all honesty fire when the police might do the same thing but it takes a certain kind of person who enjoys of be using their uniform to make the helpless suffer you can't tolerate sadists or those with the pollie and complexes in the police. you know what they aren't that hard to spot in the shower because if you like to taste the elderly or wheelchair bound people then you probably don't have much of a certain something but that's just my opinion. look .

the. government no longer represents the baby and the people are going to take the trip. on. the way our economic. mess.

with the. again funding for the european union sparked a rebellion in the british parliament david cameron's own conservative backbenchers dealt him the worst defeat since he took power in twenty ten euro skeptic tories joined forces with the opposition and voted for cutting the u.k.'s cash flow to brussels r.t. sarah firth as the details from london for you. well the most significant defeat

for the government since they came to power we saw two m.p.'s standing alongside labor calling for real time cuts to the budget now those negotiations over that budget are going to take place in brussels later on this month the prime minister david cameron has been calling on his policy to stand with him in his approach to these negotiations that he being talking about a rise in line with inflation which would have been at about two percent the government today very much trying to downplay that defeat they're saying of kools they're going to be fighting for the poor things best interest but clearly many members of their own policy feeling that the best wasn't good enough it was a significant that the fifty three tory m.p. that has left the government looking increasingly disconnected not just from their own policy but from the british public as well certainly when it comes to this

question of the e.u. you know we heard the prime minister nick clegg speaking today in a keynote speech talking in defense of britain's role within the e.u. you know he spoke about the arguments the repatch ation of powers from the as a full promise wrapped in a union jack one m.p. describing it last night in the very passionate debate that we saw taking place in the house of commons as alice in wonderland economics and that's very much the sense you get from a lot of people that is disconnected from reality to all the people who are tightening their belts to be contributing even more money to the the decision made last night isn't going to be binding on the government but it's certainly going to put prime minister david cameron under a fair amount of pressure when he joins that negotiating table we don't know of course what the outcome of these negotiations will be but one thing is absolutely certain that this very heated debate and argument about persons role within the is

looking set to run and run off you spoke to one of those conservative m.p.'s who oppose the problems for voted for cutting contribution to brussels believes the e.u. is inefficient and that britain should get the chance to vote on whether to stay part of it at all. an inflation increase on the budget would equate to an extra three hundred million pounds a year and that would increase over the multi annual budget up to two thousand and twenty and at a time when u.k. families are having to make very difficult often painful decisions with their household budgets local councils doing the same and even our own national government here in the u.k. i think it is absolutely right to expect the european union to try and trim some of its very large budget a budget that will increase to around one trillion euros up to two thousand and twenty so there is certainly room for efficiency savings this is an entity which has failed to have its own account signed off for the last seventeen years it's i

think a wasteful inefficient entity why i think it's completely in order for members of parliament from both the left and the rights in the u.k. to represent their constituents and say to the government that they should stand firm in brussels get the best deal yes of course but we believe that from last night certainly the majority of parliament believes the best deal is actually seeing a real terms reduction rather than a freeze which in reality means new cash hundreds of millions of pounds billions over the next seven years going to that as i say is wasteful inefficient and prophets i think it's politically smart for the government and i'm a member of the governing party to actually be in touch with public opinion rather than be out of touch that is part of the problem of the european project in many other member states the political elites of brussels and of member states are out of touch with their citizens and i think that is

a very dangerous place that the majority of people in the united kingdom have never had a say on our relationship with europe we need a referendum this side of the general election in this parliament and let democracy reign and let the british people have their voice heard. my preacher there one of those considering peace who rebelled against the prime minister telling r t why he made a decision. activists say rebel attacks in syria's north of killed at least twenty eight soldiers while a series of explosions have rocked the capital damascus this is one of the main rebel back is washington has called for a complete shake up of the syrian opposition revealing plans to hand greater influence to militants on the front line syria has various militias fighting assad many of which have been infiltrated by radical islamists linked to al-qaeda but nonetheless secretary of state hillary clinton said the u.s. no longer sees syria's national council as a leading opposition force anymore because of its lack of support on the ground in the exile group said it is planning to base itself inside syria in an attempt to

prove its relevance is it too late and well the u.s. administration's already suggesting names to represent a new leadership taking over a major role from the s.n.c. this pick this apart a bit more they do so but she international consulted an author is on the line from one is ours i mean one of the leading internal opposition figures in syria is now accusing the us of meddling in syrian affairs by trying to set up this new opposition council but i thought that's exactly what the opposition forces have been calling for all along isn't it. well absolutely and you know what we're seeing now is that the tactics of the united states or the strategy of trying to support specific organizations like the syrian national council are starting not to work syria is turning out not to be like libya not to be like egypt not to be like iraq for example the more easily imagine manageable undoubtedly the russian presence behind syria has a lot to do with this but the syrian national council in a way was directed by the western powers let's not forget that they are our chief of foreign affairs bass michael viney attended the conference only three months ago

she seems not to be doing her job in the second verse so the u.s. that coming up with this alternative to sort of this new council seems to be trying to take in sort of the situation its main aim still to bring down the assad government so what's new and the day well i think what we're going to see is even more violence in syria because in the case of syria obama for example has specifically said assad must go. mitt romney has said that he will be giving anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons to the so-called opposition the real opposition a terrorist opposition secretary of state clinton has said the same so basically what we are seeing is that they have to rev up this entire our position this military these terrorists are taking over and again the united states is that definitely going into there with al-qaeda once again the way it's been doing with the cia the cia and m i six and have been in bed with al qaeda because. it's just not being toppled as quickly as they expected and talk about the s.n.c.

the syrian national council outraged with the u.s. it's only going to have fifteen seats in this new fifty one member opposition council ok the finger pointing goes but with and forwards it begs the question should the first priority be to stop the fighting and impose a cease fire in syria while the u.s. has prompted this political battle instead. well that's the worst thing that can happen to the western powers with the united states in the forefront because what they need is to have overall turmoil throughout syria let's not forget that the road to iran from the american point of view goes food them ask us so they need to have syria for quickly before the israelis go ahead or unilaterally attack iran so they're really fighting against the clock and they need to bring much more violence into syria trying to see if they can get that over and done with it's been going on for over a year and a half so we're really going to see very very dangerous play going back and forth american geo strategy on the one side and british and the israel being on the other side and the russians are looking at them both very very close here will talk about

the latest from moscow just a second the u.s. than saying it wants more political power in the hands of those fighting against a sad but very mildly extremist threat the big worry is i guess it's this latest policy could make an escalation of the violence even more likely as you say and yet with al qaeda on board except. absolutely well i mean from the point of view of the western powers the more turmoil there is the better it is for them because they feel that they will be able to take some sort of advantage but it has not gone according to plan and if they do press syria too much supporting flagrantly and openly the way they have been doing these terrorist groups that are trying to overthrow the legal government of syria like it or not it's the syrians that have to decide that's so gay lover of the russian foreign minister say it's in syrian problem what would america do if a foreign country were to allow into the region in its elections no doubt they would take some sort of reaction so what we have to see now is that we are edging

closer and closer to a more direct confrontation with russia and that is really very bad news page and i said we talk about the most because saddam got time to pull the plug and i say to international consultant and author thank you the been on the program my pleasure thank you. now one of the key figures in the you cause corruption scandal is set to walk free next summer plans on eleven of who is the business partner of former tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky serving a thirteen year sentence for oil theft the money laundering find out shortly from us why is his prison term reduced also ahead how wearing a mask in canada could now been a decade behind bars we've got reaction to this controversial new law passed by the government.

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